Butler Colored School to Hold Homecoming Parade Friday
The Butler Colored High School will stage Homecoming festivities Friday December 2 starting at 1 p.m. A parade will form at the school and travel through town with floats from the school and visiting county entries. Tollie Mae Hillman is Queen with attendants Isabella Woodall and Helen Hicks. The Thomaston Training School band will join as special guests. a basketball game follows. Malissie Durham reigns Elementary Queen with attendants Mary Lois Wilson and Frances Jenkins.
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Butler Colored High School
Tollie Mae Hillman
Isabella Woodall
Helen Hicks
Thomaston Training School
Thomaston
Malissie Durham
Mary Lois Wilson
Frances Jenkins
Pretty Atlanta Woman Found Guilty of Robbery Draws 5-Year Term
In Newnan Georgia on November 25 1960 Atlanta brunette Mary C Fogarty 21 was sentenced to five years in federal prison for her role as an accessory in the $6980 Suthersville Bank robbery from March. Judge Boyd Sloan imposed the term and she was acquitted on charges of jeopardizing the cashier and assistant. Fogarty will serve at Alderson West Virginia as ordered by U S Marshal W C Littlefield.
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Newnan
Atlanta
Suthersville
U. S
Boyd Sloan
Mary C. Fogarty
Lawerace McKeon
Elizabeth Reid
Elizabeth Reid. Mrs. Fogarty
Alderson
W. Va
U.S
W. C. Littlefield
Two Lumbermen Die From Carbon Monoxide In Truck
Two lumbermen were found dead in the cab of their parked truck near Baxley on Friday from carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Baxley
Biblical Basis Cited For Race Segregation By Georgia Minister
A Georgia minister argues segregation is divinely mandated citing biblical examples. He claims the Supreme Court's school integration decision mirrors communist influence and warns interracial mixing will lead to amalgamation and bloodshed. He states opposition to integrating schools, playgrounds, restaurants, buses, and public spaces.
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Georgia
God
Abraham
Moses
Canaan
Seth
Cain
Noah
Supreme Court
Reds
Russia
Hell
Africa
Emory Medical School Receives $600000 Grant
Emory University’s School of Medicine received a $600000 grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York City to strengthen its medical education program. The award supports curriculum development and faculty training to improve student preparation and clinical instruction.
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Emory University
School of Medicine
Commonwealth Fund of
New York City
Georgia motorists warned to pay 1955 taxes for 1956 tags
County officials across Georgia warn car owners that ad valorem taxes for 1955 must be paid before receiving motor vehicle license plates. 1955 property taxes become delinquent after December 20.
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Georgia
Georgia escapee in Ohio tied to family aid case
A Hogansville man who escaped from the city county hospital Friday while under technical arrest was recaptured in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother, a cousin, and another woman were jailed in Troup County on charges of aiding the escape.
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Lagrange, Ga
Hogansville
City
Cincinnati
Ohio
Troup County
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